¹Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.

¹A kraľoval Jozafat, jeho syn, miesto neho. A zmocnil sa proti Izraelovi.

²He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

²A umiestil vojsko po všetkých mestách Júdových, ktoré boly ohradené. Rozložil i posádky stráže v zemi Júdovej a po mestách Efraimových, ktoré zaujal Aza, jeho otec.

³Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,

³A Hospodin bol s Jozafatom, lebo chodil po prvých cestách Dávida, svojho otca, a nevyhľadával Bálov.

⁴but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

⁴Ale hľadal Boha svojho otca a chodil v jeho prikázaniach a nerobil tak, ako robil Izrael.

⁵Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

⁵Preto Hospodin upevnil kráľovstvo v jeho ruke, a dali všetci obyvatelia Júdovi Jozafatovi dary, takže mal hojne bohatstva a slávy.

⁶His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

⁶A keď sa povznieslo jeho srdce na cestách Hospodinových, odstránil ešte aj výšiny i háje z Júdu.

⁷Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

⁷A v treťom roku svojho kraľovania poslal svoje kniežatá, Benchaila, Obadiáša, Zachariáša, Natanaela a Michaiáša, aby učili po mestách Júdových.

⁸and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

⁸A išli s nimi Levitovia Šemaiáš, Netaniáš, Zebadiáš, Azael, Šemiramót, Jonatán, Adoniáš, Tobiáš a Tobadoniáš, Levitovia, a s nimi Elišama a Jehorám, kňazi.

⁹They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of Yahweh with them; and they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.

⁹A tak učili po Judsku majúc so sebou knihu zákona Hospodinovho a chodili dookola po všetkých mestách Júdových a učili medzi ľudom.

¹⁰The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

¹⁰A bol strach Hospodinov na všetkých kráľovstvách zemí, ktoré boly vôkol Judska, a nebojovaly proti Jozafatovi.

¹¹Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.

¹¹A z Filištínov donášali rôzni Jozafatovi dary i striebra uloženú daň. Aj Arabovia mu dovádzali drobný dobytok, po každé sedem tisíc sedemsto baranov a kozlov tiež sedem tisíc sedemsto.

¹²Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

¹²A tak prospieval Jozafat a rástol až vysoko. A vystavil v Judsku zámky a mestá skladíšť.

¹³He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.

¹³A konal mnohé práce veliké v judských mestách a bojovníkov, udatných mužov, mal v Jeruzaleme.

¹⁴This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;

¹⁴A toto je ich počet podľa domu ich otcov. Z Júdu velitelia nad tisícami: veliteľ Adna a s ním udatných mužov tristo tisíc.

¹⁵and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;

¹⁵Vedľa neho veliteľ Jehochanan a s ním dvesto osemdesiat tisíc.

¹⁶and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Yahweh; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

¹⁶A vedľa toho Amaziáš, syn Zichriho, ktorý sa dobrovoľne oddal Hospodinovi, a s ním dvesto tisíc udatných mužov.

¹⁷Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;

¹⁷Z Benjamina: udatný muž Eljada a s ním ozbrojených lučišťom a malým štítom dvesto tisíc.

¹⁸and next to him Jehozabad and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready prepared for war.

¹⁸A vedľa neho Jehozabad a s ním sto osemdesiat tisíc vyzbrojených do boja.

¹⁹These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

¹⁹Tí posluhovali kráľovi, krome tých, ktorých umiestil kráľ v ohradených mestách po celom Judsku.